John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
731 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 731 |
| AUTHOR: | William Shakespeare (1564–1616) |
| QUOTATION: | And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. [text] |
| WORKS: | William Shakespeare Collection. |
| Note 1. The same in The Taming of the Shrew, act iv. sc. 1; in Othello, act iii. sc. 1; in The Merry Wives of Windsor, act i. sc. 4; and in As You Like It, act ii. sc. 7. Francis Rabelais: book v. chap. iv. [back] |